A formulation of quantum field theory realizing a sea of interacting Dirac particles

DOI10.1007/S11005-011-0473-1zbMATH Open1231.81063arXiv0911.2102OpenAlexW3105882182WikidataQ56225030 ScholiaQ56225030MaRDI QIDQ657629FDOQ657629

Felix Finster

Publication date: 10 January 2012

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this survey article, we explain a few ideas behind the fermionic projector approach and summarize recent results which clarify the connection to quantum field theory. The fermionic projector is introduced, which describes the physical system by a collection of Dirac states, including the states of the Dirac sea. Formulating the interaction by an action principle for the fermionic projector, we obtain a consistent description of interacting quantum fields which reproduces the results of perturbative quantum field theory. We find a new mechanism for the generation of boson masses and obtain small corrections to the field equations which violate causality.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0911.2102

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zbMATH Keywords

fermionic projectorDirac searelativistic quantum theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22) Continuum limits in quantum field theory (81T27)

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